/YX[filename]
This option instructs the compiler to use a precompiled header file (PCH) if one exists or to create one if none exists. The file is created in the current directory. You can use the /Fp option to change the default name and location of the precompiled header.
Command line | Project settings | Description |
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/YX | Automatic Use of Precompiled Headers |
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/YXfilename | Through Header |
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Using the /YX option limits precompilation to header files only. The precompiled header is created when the compiler encounters the first declaration, definition, hdrstop pragma, or #line directive that occurs in the source file. In a subsequent compilation, the precompiled header is used at the point in a source file where the compiler makes its final consistency check. For more information, see Consistency Rules for /YX.
The header files precompiled by /YX are determined by the compiler, which may elect to use a subset of header files available to improve the number of cases where the resulting precompiled header can be used.
Although it is usually best to let the compiler determine which header files to use, you can selectively precompile header files by placing a hdrstop pragma in the source file between two #include directives. All header files before the hdrstop pragma are precompiled; those after are not. When used with /YX, any filename specified with the hdrstop pragma is ignored. If any subsequent compilation using the precompiled header does not contain an identical hdrstop pragma at the same point in the source file, the compiler builds a new precompiled header.
Note If either /Yc or /Yu is specified with /YX, a warning is issued. In such cases, /YX is ignored, and /Yc or /Yu takes precedence.
Use of the /YX option implies use of the /Yd option (duplicate debugging information in all object files).
The following command line uses /YX to create or use a precompiled header named VCx0.pch:
CL /YX MYPROG.CPP
The following command line creates a precompiled header named MYPROG.pch and places it in the \PROJPCH directory:
CL /YX /Fp\PROJPCH\MYPROG.PCH MYPROG.CPP
Compiler Options | Setting Compiler Options | Precompiled Header Compiler Options